The DIAMOND (DHA Intake and Measurement of Neural Development) Study: A double-masked, randomized controlled clinical trial of the maturation of infant visual acuity as a function of the dietary level of docosahexaenoic acid

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 848-859

  Birch, Eileen E ^a,b   Carlson, Susan E ^c   Hoffman, Dennis R ^a   Fitzgerald Gustafson, Kathleen M ^d   Fu, Valeria L N ^a,e   Drover, James R ^a,f   Castañeda, Yolanda S ^a   Minns, Laura ^c   Wheaton, Dianna K H ^a   Mundy, David ^g   Marunycz, John ^h   Diersen Schade, Deborah A ^h  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^h Mead Johnson Nutritionals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FAT INTAKE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VISION;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROGENESIS; UNITED STATES; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77950464162     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28557     Document Type: Article

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